Linuxseekers

The subsequent startup bootsplash comprised of a captivating blue colour  background with

MEPIS logo of pyramids plus the sun at the lower sector.   In  my  opinion,  the  blue

bootsplash  screen has improved quite  a  lot  since SimplyMEPIS 6.0.   When the graphical

login  screen  appeared  i  logged  in  as demo user.   The password for demo user  was demo.

The default  root user  password was  root.    It took  40 seconds to fully load the KDE3.5.3.

I  think  it  would be nice if the developers could print  the password for demo user and

root user  clearly  on  the login screen ,   so that it's easier for newbies and potential

windows converts.

When the desktop was ready,  I was greeted by the usual healthy welcoming sound

of KDE desktop. Obviously  the AC97' sound card was okay with SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 64 bit

beta 4 .  The resolution of my 17-inch samsung LCD monitor was perfectly detected

and autoconfigured.   I couldn't find the Kaquarium.  Gone for good ?   I thought

that was the 'mascot' of  MEPIS.    The wallpaper of SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4  was

graphically better than the one in SimplyMEPIS 6.0.    It  was decorated by many

fine  white lines  resembling many inverted quadratic functions graphs.   The part

that  captured my attention was the 64 exponent  located beside the SimplyMEPIS

word.  In plain words :- SimplyMEPIS  to the power of 64 !



 

I was delighted when i  saw  an applet showing 2 red coloured communication towers

on the right side of the desktop panel informing me about the successful wifi

connection  to my Linksys adsl router  WAG 354G.  To satisfy my id ,   i  launched

Firefox.  It lagged many seconds.   Then  i  ran Konqueror,  it was brisk. My 27-month-old

daughter could play  Teletubbies via Firefox.  It's a  flash based game hosted  by  the BBC.

With Firefox,  I could watch some online music video via the embedded Realplayer.  I could

also watch quicktime based Spiderman 3 movie trailer.